Tesco Stores in China accused of butchering and suffocating Turtles in front of customers
Tesco is at the centre of cruelty allegations over its stores in China, where turtles are being butchered or suffocated in front of customers.
In some instances the reptiles are plucked from tanks and triple-wrapped in plastic bags, where they suffocate over a period of an hour.
Soft-shelled turtles – a popular delicacy priced at £5 – have their heads chopped off.
The scenes were witnessed by Daily Mail reporters in Beijing last week and continue despite repeated promises from Tesco dating back to 2007 to protect and promote animal welfare.
The UK-Based One World Wildlife is demanding Tesco reassess its business ethics and stops selling live creatures in their supermarkets.
The group is behind a petition calling on the chain’s chief executive, Philip Clarke, to stop the turtle sales, which has been signed by some 45,000 people.
It says the supermarket giant should take responsibility for all stages of these creatures ‘tortured existence’ from being farmed in terrible conditions to being sold alive or butchered in store.
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